Button belt-loop attachment for garments.



No. 758,350. PATENTED ABR. 2s, 1904.

J; D. BURNS.

BUTTON BELT LooP ,ATTACHMENT PUR GARMENTS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 29, 1903.'

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PATENTED APR. 26, 1904.

J. D. BURNS. BUTTON BELT LGOP ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1903.

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Patented April 26A, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH D. BURNS,- OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT COLUMBIA.

BUTTON BELT-LOOP ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 758,350, dated April26, 1904.

n Application filed June 29, 1903.

breeches for securing belts and suspender-ends` thereto.

The details, of construction, application, and arrangement of the deviceare hereinafter described under various modifications, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, inwhich--v .K v

Figure 1 is a face view illustrating the application of one form of myinvention tothe waistband ofY trousers for securing the belt andsuspender-ends thereto.V Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section on the line2 2.of Fig. 1. Fig. 2fL is another cross-section illustrating theattachment of a modified formof the device. Fig. 3 is a face view of thedevice shownin Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig.d 4 is a side View of the saine. AFig. 5 is asectional view illustrating a modilication in the attachmentof the device to the trousers. Fig. 6 is a perspective View illustratingthe manner of attaching the device to a garment, Fig. 7 is across-section on the line 7 of Fig. 8,.,illustrating the attachment ofamodied form of the device to the waistband of the trousers. Fig. 8 is aView illustrating the attachment of the device shown in Fig..7 thelining of the trousers being shown cut out for clearness of illustratim.Fig. Sisa face view of the attachment represented in Figs. 7 and 8.

Fig. 10 is another cross-section of the waistband of the trousers,illustrating the application of a second modijed form of the device.Fig. 11 is a perspective View, part being in section, of my improveddevice. Figs. 12, 13,

14 are further illustrations of modified forms `lines in Fig. 1. is somanipulated by twisting or rotatingvit as Serial No. 163,645. (Nomodel.)

and an extended shank, which is arranged practically at a right angletothe head and is suitably adapted to be secured to a garment or fabric,as hereinafter described. I

InFigs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 I illustrate the preferred form and manner ofattachment of the device. Y k

Referring especially to Figs. 3 and 4, 1 indicates the head or button,and 2 the extended shank, whose lower end is bent at an angle andprovided with a piercing-point 3, which in this case-takes the form of ahook. The shank 2 Iis in all casesV flexible and in some caseselasticyit being formed of a metal wire-of suitable size and strength.In practice fine piano-wire hasY proven suitable and eificient. As hereshown, the shank 2 is made of ,such length as to adapt it to span thewidth of the belt (see Fig. 1,) such as is usually worn for securing thewaistband ofA trousers y. .As/shown in Fig.; 2, the head or button 1 isprovided with a central. perforation to secure the bent portion of theshank 2, which is constructed with a head or enlargement 2b on the outeror concave side of the button. Between the button and the Ylongeror'extended .portion of the shank 2` the latter is formed into a spiral2".` l

The device is applied as follows: The piercing-point 3 is inserted fromthe inner side of the waistband ofthe trousers y and passed entirelythrough the lining, canvas, and cloth,v as at the point shown-c'. e., atthe point Where itis desired the button or head 1 shall be located forthe attachment of-a suspender-end a.' Such points of location areindicated by dotted In thus applying the device it to cause the bentlower end 22L and the spiral 2c to pass through the three thicknesses offabric'. (Indicated in Fig. 2.) The nextstep in the operation is theattachment ofthe hooked end 2a to the cloth of the trousers y. This isaccomplished, as illustrated in Fig. 6, by drawing the cloth togetherand bending the shank 2 outward, so that the hooked end 2' may be caughtinto and inserted through the cloth, and finally occupies the positionshown Iby dotted lines in Fig. 1 and full lines in Fig.

2. When thus applied, the head or button IOO proper, 1, is firmlyattached on the inner side of the trousers y, and the lower or hookedend of the shank 2 is duly secured in place, but does not bear any ofthe pulling strain incident to the use of the Suspenders ze, as shown.When thus applied, the body of the shank 2 is alone visible on the outerside of the trousers and forms an inconspicuous but ornamental appendagethereof. The form, length, and attachment of the shank 2 adapts it toserve as a loop for holding the belt and is in this respect far moreornamental and serviceable than the ordinary cloth or tape loop sewed totrousers. Furthermore, the device is easily detachable and may be againreapplied when occasibn requires. In brief, it will be seen' that mydevice or attachment performs two functions-viz., it serves in place ofthe ordinary button usually sewed to trousers and also as a belt-holderor loop which is at once ornamental, strong, durable, easily applied,and detached.

As seen in Figs. 1, 2, 3, the shank or loop 2 is provided with a head bywhich it is pre- Vented from detachment from the head or buttonproper, 1. My invention is, however, capable of embodiment in many formsor various modifications, some of which I will' pro.- ceed to indicate.In Fig. 2EL the shank or loop 2d is shown withouta spiral or coil, andin such case the head or button proper. l, is secured to the garment bystitches. It will be seen, however, that this form of the device permitsthe shank or loop to be readily attached toor detached from the buttonor head l, whereas in the case of the device shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4the head or button 1 must be applied before the spiral 2c is formed.

Fig. 5 illustrates a slight change in the arrangement of the device orattachment in relation to a garment-z'. e., to the waistband of thetrousers-the shank 2 being in this case arranged between the lining andthe canvas in place of passing through the lining, as in Figs. 2, 2u.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9 I illustrate a further modification, the shank 2i beingprovided with a spiral and a hook 2g, while its head 2h is coiled toprevent the shank being drawn through the y button or head proper, 1. Inthis case the shank is made very short and is not adapted for use inholding and supporting the belt.

Fig. l0 illustrates another modification, in

' which the shank 2i is so curved that it passes twice through thefabric or cloth and lining of trousers y, then extends downward to forma loop of sufficient length to span the belt its hooked lower endpassing through the cloth, as shown.

Fig. 11 shows the shank of the device as it may be constructed with theoffset and a projection extending beyond the same, but with or withoutthe extension forming a hook proper.

In Fig. l2 the shank 2n is ybent laterally, which form has someadvantages in respect to facilitating the application of the fingersthrough the shank for attaching and detaching the hooked end.

Fig. 13 shows a shank 20, secured to a button or head proper, ld, havinga series of needle and thread holes. In such case the button is securedto the fabric by sewing in the usual way.

In Figs. 14 and 15 a shank 2p is shown, provided With a head le, whichis formed by coiling the wire upon itself. In Fig. l5 such device isshown applied to trousers y and supporting a belt.

It will be understood that I will construct the point of the shank whichprojects beyond the offset either as a straight extension or as a hook,as illustrated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 11, the extension beingin either case in a plane parallel to the body of the shank.

In Figs. 3, 4 the free end of the shank 2a is bent twice practically ata right angle, whereby it is adapted to pass through the fabric or clothand the hooked portion to lie in a plane parallel with the head orbutton l.

I claiml. The device for the purpose specified comprising a head and abent shank having one end secured to the head and its opposite freepointed end bent or offset with the point extended beyond the offsetwhereby it is adapted to engage a fabric, said shank having also aporliondintermediate said ends and parallel to said 2. A device for thepurposes specified comprisinga head and a bent shank attached theretoand having its free end bent twice practically at a right angle andformed with a terminal hook which is in a plane parallel to the head,substantially as described.

3. In a device for the purposes specified comprising a head, and a bentshank which is attached thereto, the same being elastic and easilyflexible, and provided at its free end with an offset adapted to engagea fabric, substantially as described.

4. A device for the purposes specified comprising a head, and a bentwire shank which is attached thereto and provided with a coil locatedbetween its extended body and the head and having its lower endoffsetand adapted to engage the fabric, substantially as described.

5. rlhe combination with a garment of the device described consisting ofa head and a bent wire shank which is attached to said head and passesthrough the fabric of the garment and is extended on the outer side ofthe latter,

its end being offset and reinserted through the fabric, substantiallyvas described.

JEREMIAH D. BURNS. Witnesses:

M. G. McCoRMIox, Louis E. REED..

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